Trying to get a 250EX System...

[fdcmiami]

get a job, quit bothering your family and report back in a year.

you don't have to worry about high risk jobs, no one is going to give you any anyway. not if they are capable of walking and talking.

[DaveO]

This would be a good time to point out that you will likely get all kinds of advice, ideas, suggestions, whatever, particularly in an open forum. *You* and *you alone* are the best judge of the advice, and you need to apply filters and judgement to see if the advice fits your situation, and if it's reasonable and workable for you.

[Rambozo]

It sounds like you have some work for what you have, and since you have a generator that opens up a lot more options. Field work is something that is a great fit for a small business. For the price of a lease payment or two, you could own a PowerArc unit to give you stick function. They run great off generators, since inverters need less power than transformer machines. You might notice that Sean refers to his PowerArc as the real "Money Maker" for his business. He also runs a generator and does field work. There is always a market to fix what has broken. The PowerArc can even do some DC TIG for some of the precision steel jobs you mention. You could get to work and see if there really is a market for your services. Then later add aluminum once you're up and rolling. Then when you have a profitable business, places like credit unions will be more interested in talking to you, too. Remember, then is a lot more than just the price of the machine, too. The extra odds & ends you need to finish can be almost as much as the machine. Things like the cooler, gas cylinders, filler rod, long cables, torch parts. It all adds up. One more thing, is that since you have oxy-fuel, you can apply some pre-heat before you MIG. That will give your little machine a boost in the material it can handle. For mobile work it's all about service. Show up on time, and fix the problem and people will call you back.

[blasphemy000]

get a job, quit bothering your family and report back in a year.

you don't have to worry about high risk jobs, no one is going to give you any anyway. not if they are capable of walking and talking.

If that was an option I'd be doing it. I require DAILY medical care, every morning. I'm up around 5:30AM and don't usually get back home until around 10AM. No one in my area wants to hire somebody if they can't be there when work starts at 7-8AM, trust me, I've tried. And another thing, you don't know my family, so don't worry about them helping me, the ones that are helping me are doing it purely by choice. If it wasn't for my family helping me with things over the last year, there's a 99% chance I'd literally be dead, a few times over due to health problems. My family does whatever they can to help and support other family members when they need it and what my family does is our business, if you don't like it, then just ignore it, it's pretty simple really.

[zoama]

If that was an option I'd be doing it. I require DAILY medical care, every morning. I'm up around 5:30AM and don't usually get back home until around 10AM. No one in my area wants to hire somebody if they can't be there when work starts at 7-8AM, trust me, I've tried. And another thing, you don't know my family, so don't worry about them helping me, the ones that are helping me are doing it purely by choice. If it wasn't for my family helping me with things over the last year, there's a 99% chance I'd literally be dead, a few times over due to health problems. My family does whatever they can to help and support other family members when they need it and what my family does is our business, if you don't like it, then just ignore it, it's pretty simple really.

He's straight forward like that with everyone so don't feel singled out. What's your medical condition ?

[fdcmiami]

Unfortunately I spent the last 6 years ruining my life, burning bridges, and screwing over almost everyone I ever knew, so trying to find somebody to believe that I've turned things around over the last 2-1/2 months is very hard to do, and out of the people that stuck around and know that I've went straight, their credit isn't good enough for them to be able to help. I don't know, I might just have to put this whole self-employment thing on the back burner for a while.

guy i have what you'd call serious street cred and you are working this board just like you probably worked a lot of people while you were busy burning bridges. if you're that sick then work is probably not an option; you should be at the social security office applying for bennies like a lot of other's in you shoes.

[CGCINC]

Unfortunately I spent the last 6 years ruining my life, burning bridges, and screwing over almost everyone I ever knew, so trying to find somebody to believe that I've turned things around over the last 2-1/2 months is very hard to do, and out of the people that stuck around and know that I've went straight, their credit isn't good enough for them to be able to help. I don't know, I might just have to put this whole self-employment thing on the back burner for a while.

guy i have what you'd call serious street cred and you are working this board just like you probably worked a lot of people while you were busy burning bridges. if you're that sick then work is probably not an option; you should be at the social security office applying for bennies like a lot of other's in you shoes.

lol... Damn, and my wife calls Me harsh!

It has taken me a few years to get good equipment, I started out with a Licoln "buzz box" AC225.
You really need to work the jobs you can do and save up.... I try not to do credit at all because you never know when the bottom will fall out!!
If you watch Craigslist, you can buy decent welders for a good price.....wait till they are on there for a few weeks and then low ball them, you never know!?!?

My wife works evenings, 5pm-5am. There are jobs that Don't start at 7-8am..... just sayin